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The Great Ascension

A work made of double-sided relief etching on zinc and typemetal on paper.
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  • A work made of double-sided relief etching on zinc and typemetal on paper.

Date:

1902

Artist:

José Guadalupe Posada
Mexican, 1852-1913

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

José Guadalupe Posada

Title

The Great Ascension

Place

Mexico (Artist's nationality:)

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Printed 1902

Medium

Double-sided relief etching on zinc and typemetal on paper

Dimensions

29.9 × 20.2 cm (11 13/16 × 8 in.)

Credit Line

William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment

Reference Number

1944.976

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